Subject: bug#24986: closed (Re: bug#24986: 26.0.50; dired-unmark-backward doesn't unmark the region)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 12:31:02 +0000

Your bug report

#24986: 26.0.50; dired-unmark-backward doesn't unmark the region

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#24986: 26.0.50; dired-unmark-backward doesn't unmark the region
From: Tino Calancha <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 21:30:08 +0900
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Tino Calancha <[email-masked]> writes:

> According with the doc string, `dired-unmark-backward' should
> unmark the region when is active.
Fixed in master branch as commit fe90564.

Subject: 26.0.50; dired-unmark-backward doesn't unmark the region
From: Tino Calancha <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 00:40:36 +0900
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

According with the doc string, `dired-unmark-backward' should
unmark the region when is active.

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>From 7bf191489f3a0cb15079eda8ec9d4762bf9a5493 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tino Calancha <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 00:36:40 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] dired-unmark-backward: Unmark the region when is active

* lisp/dired.el (dired-unmark-backward): Call 'dired-unmark' with
a non-nil second argument.
---
 lisp/dired.el | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index daa6d77..a1eeb0b 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -3313,7 +3313,7 @@ dired-unmark-backward
 If the region is active in Transient Mark mode, unmark all files
 in the active region."
   (interactive "p")
-  (dired-unmark (- arg)))
+  (dired-unmark (- arg) t))
 
 (defun dired-toggle-marks ()
   "Toggle marks: marked files become unmarked, and vice versa.
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2.10.2

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